Marussia’s Jules Bianchi crossed the line in eighth place but will drop to ninth as he has a five-second penalty that needs to be added to his time for taking a previous penalty under a Safety Car.

Romain Grosjean was ninth but will climb to eighth while Kevin Magnussen, who was involved in a late incident with Kimi Raikkonen in which the Ferrari driver tagged him, completed the points.

The race started a car short as a fuel system problem meant Pastor Maldonado did not take the start while Sergio Perez retired on lap 1 when he was tipped into the barrier by Jenson Button at Mirabeau, which brought out the first Safety Car. Four laps later Sebastian Vettel also retired with power issues with his RB10.

Other retirements included Daniil Kvyat, car trouble, Adrian Sutil, who crashed bringing out the second Safety Car, Jean-Eric Vergne, whose STR was on fire, Valtteri Bottas, who suffered an engine failure, and Esteban Gutierrez, who spun after picking up a puncture.